Postponements were going to be a part of the NBA norm this year, but for it to happen on the second night of the regular season was a slap-in-the-face reminder of what the league is trying to pull off outside of a bubble.
Or as Bulls coach Billy Donovan simply called it on Wednesday: “inevitable.’’
“It’s every day for us, and I know you wake up and you’re waiting for test results, and we’re testing all the time and talking to our guys about the safety of everyone, but a lot of this stuff is possibly inevitable,’’ Donovan said in a Zoom call.